WAGGA BRANCH ASU AND G L U NOTICE TO MEMBEES. The Electoral Rolls of New South. 'Wales were compiled between the 1st and 20th. days of- January by the police officers -appointed. Any person whose name has been omitted from the roll must send notice, in writing, to the clerk of Petty Ses sions in his district on or before April 14th, together with declaration to the effect that qualification is correct. (Forms on application to any O.P.S. 'or the undersigned.) Any voter objecting to another's name on the roll must state his ob jection to the C.P.S., in writing, on or before April 14th. ? ?'* ?'? -Revision Courts, to hear claims and ?objections, are held between the 6th and 20th May in every Police Dis trict. (Date to 'be. gazetted.) . Claimants and. objectors shall ap pear in person, or instruct someone to appear on their behalf, at the Re vision Courts, in order to prove claim or objection. i _.. . ' Every male of the. age of ,- twenty- one (21-) having resided in one electoral dist...

THE STRAIGHT WIRE' [By Central.] Can the sons of slave women be free men ? Never. Well, if we want the coming generation to be free we. ought to see that ' our women are no longer enslaved. , # ', # #' ' ? ? The unemployed from Sydney - and Mel bourne keep coming to this district. Two. from Sydney and Melbourne displaced two1 local men at a builders establishment in Wagga,' but as' they had neither tools or skill have since been compelled to join the grand army of the river bank. ., ? ?#., # # , The National Ass. is going in for a careful revision of the electoral rolls this' month. :? Look out, workers ! Read the notice in this issue. Last year some workers were not on the roll, and Secretary Head endeavored to have their names inserted by the Revision , Court (Wagga), but failed, because the magistrates were not satisfied that the appli cants had completed the necessary six months' residence in the district, and became the applicant did not appear in person. We want every worker t...

OUR PLATFORM The ' ' Hummer' advocates : (1) Trades Unionism and .the Federation of Labor throughout Australia now ; throughout the world in the near future. (2) Co-operation : Voluntary; municipal, and national. (3) Australia for Australian citizens, equality of the sexes, equal pay for equal work. (4) The complete political independence of the United Australian Commonwealth' , on a basis of pure democratic Republican ism. (o) The ? Referendum, the people their own Upper House. (6) Free land for a free people ; taxation of land values. '? (7) In the event of an invasion, those who own the country to fight for' it-; every body else to shift up country out of harm's way. (8) Those who' believe in these reforms to assist in obtaining them by subscribing ? . to the pa'xjer— 4s per annum. The 'Hummer' opposes: (1) Black and yellow labor. (2) Imported Governors. (3) ' ' Ereedom of contract' ' of the Employers' Union lop-sided variety. ? . (4) Titles of rank, hereditary or otherwise. (6) ...

THE STRAIGHT WIRE. [By Central.] 'My Lords and Gentlemen,' said the great English finance minister in the House of Lords during the Napoleonic wars, ' to ? levy a direct tax of seven per cent, is a dan gerous experiment in a free country, and may invite revolt, but there is a method by which you can tax the last rag from tlie back and tlieslast bite from the mouth without causing a murmur against liigli taxes, and that is to tax a great many articles of daily use and necessity so indirectly that people will pay them and not know it ; tlieir grumbling then will be of hard times, but they will not know that tlie hard times are caused by taxation.' ' We know what Unionism has . accom plished in trade matters. It has forced numerous reforms in connection with all in dustries, has even influenced legislatures, and- the stamp of its moral force is seen in our laws. Tom Rose, M.P. for Argyle, says the ' vote for thrift ' is the ' ' governing of one man's brains by another man's pocket.' Th...

A JUVENILE SEARCHER FOR THE TRUTH. Everything Satisfactorily Explained. The scene ojDens with a family rehearsal, in which personal and.1 business matters are rehearsed by a successful father aged sixty, and an inquiring' son aged six. Son : What place is this, pa ? This, my child, is a brickyard. Whose brickyard is it, pa ? It belongs to me, my child. .Does that big pile of bricks belong to you, pa, ? Do tliose dirty men belong to you, pa ? No, my child, there is no more slavery is this country : those are free men. What makes them work so hard ? They are working for a living, my son. Why do they work for a living? Because they are poor and obliged to work, my son. How are they so poor when they work so hard, pa P I don't know, my child. .Can't somebody steal from them what they earn ? No, my child ; what makes }rou ask such ridiculous questions ? I thought, peril aj)S, some of the dirt got in their eyes and blinded them. But, pa, don't the bricks belong to them after they have mad...

WORKIN GM AN ' S PARADISE now .leady. Subscribers may obtain tlieir books by sending' number of receipt and address to Secretary Head. PASTORALISTS' UNION OF NEW SOUTH WALES. NOTICE TO COMPETENT SHEARERS. Shearing Season 1892. THE Secretaiy Pastoralists Union of New Soutli Wales is prepared to receive ap plications from competent shearers for stands in the early sheds of New South Wales. Each applicant must state whether he is a ? machine or hand shearer and give his average tally. He should also forward £1 deposit (to be returned at the close of shearing) as a guarantee, that he will enter upon his en gagement. Reference to former employers important. No travelling expens.es will be paid, but men who are engaged are assured that -wherever possible a run of sheds will be provided for competent men. Applications will be dealt with strictly in the order in which they are received at this office. Shearing Rate, 20s per 100. WHITELEY KING, Secretary. Exchange Corner, 63, Pitt Street, Sy...

WHY IS THIS P When the land is full of workers, B,usy hands and' active brains. When the craftsmen and the thinkers Feel about them binding chains-; When the laborer is cheated Of the Avork his hands have wrought, And the thinker, vain of logic, Sees that reason comes to naught ; When the forces men have harnessed And have trained to do their will, Ought to leave no homeless people And no hungry mouths to fill, N Have but proved themselves the servants Of the i shrewd and selfish few* And the many haAre but little For the work they find to do ; When the labor of a million Goes to swell the gains of one, As the serfs of ancient Egypt . : Starved beneath the burning sun ; / When the schemer and the sharper . Hold the wealth and rule the land, Using up the thinker's brain force, Mortgaging the craftsman's hand ; When the many shear the sheep. And the few secure the wool. And the gallows claims its Aictims, And your costly jails are full — . Then the men who dreamed of progress And the ...

The spectacle ofyfchousands of idle men in a rich country like Australia is a disgrace to Australian democracy. Not only have the Governments of the colonies proved their utter incapacity for dealing with the great . question of the age, but they have displayed a lack of sympathy with , the masses, and .have made their burden greater and their lot worse. H ,! / . . \ ,

BOURKE BREEZES. ' Sandy' writes from Bourke : — ' Willis, M.P., complains of misrepresentation ! He has turned turtle so many times over the unemployed and tne Labor Bureau that he hardly knows which side he's. on. It's some thing new, though, for him to complain of misrepresentation. . It's generally the other way. He slanders and maligns without end those who may happen to look under the slight film of humbug, miscalled by Willis democracy, and under which he hides his innate crookedness. The exposure of his attempt to swamp the Bourke district — al- ready filled with idle men — with a crowd from Sydney, at less than the rate of wage usually ruling up here, has called forth his bitterest venom ; but his own defence shows his true character more plainly than any denunciation could possibly do. His fulsome compliments to the workers of the Western district are so * intermingled with denunciations of the un employed of the remainder of the colony as 'wretched loafers and tag-rag and ...

LAWYER BEST AND THE YOUNG PATRIOTS. At Fitzroy, last Thursday, Messrs Best and Tucker in addressing their constituents, ap pealed to them not to be misled by those horrid Trades Hall agitators. Lawyer Best, who was living sumptuously during the time of the deplorable distress in his constiuency through want of employment, was asked if he expected the workers vote, after having neglected them at a time when they so urgently needed assistance. With the usual lawyer effrontery he replied in the affirma tive, and at once commenced to pervert the truth by telling the audience that if they desired to restore prosperity they must ex clude agitators of the Fleming stamp from the colony. Your humble servant mounted the. platform, which was fully occupied by members of the Young Patiotic League, in cluding ' youths' averaging in age some thing between 40 and 70. Amongst them .were usurers, landlords, .lawyers, capitalists, parsons, doctors, and policemen, besides the lpcal flunkies. I was fac...

COMMENTS ON THE P IT. ADVERTISEMENT. Whitely JCing, Secretary of the P.U., sends us an. advertisem ent, and a money order for £1 16s to pay for it. Of course we accept P.U. money every time, and carry out, our share of the contract by inserting their ad. But we beg to remind* our readers that m our original JNotice-to — Advertisers' .we distinctly stated that we were going to ^express our sentiments on every topic that came under our notice. We don't sell our opinions for the price of an ad., even .from the high and mightv wool kings of the P.U. Of course the A.S.U. is going to ?loyally abide by the terms of the Conference Agree ment, and we hope the other party will do the .same, which we verv much doubt ; ' but sending an ad. to the Union -'paper doesn't sweeten us over, and make us forget the fact . that while they are continually trying to rub into us this so-called ' freedom of con- . tract' business, they are doing all they can to get the whole of the shearing engagements into...

MELBOURNE MOVEMENTS- ' [By A. J. S.l - Election, matters are lively. Young Pa, triotic League has confirmed nomination of Frank Madden, barrister, for eastern suburbs, and Mr. Winn for Richmond, both rampant Conservatives. This is the society whose members are so eager to convince the re spectable working men that , their interests are identical. Their head officers situated m a sweiiish part or the city, and they have any amount, of money at their command, but . no brains. *' — ? Our elections are to take place on Wednes day, the 20th. A large and influential de putation of citizens waited upon Mr. Shiels to induce him to alter the date, and Mr. Meudel, one of the founders of the Patriotic League, stated that lie supported the altera tion on the ground that the additional holi day would paralyse business for the week, and brokers and clients on' the Stock Ex change would suffer serious loss. In fact it meant the disruption of the internal machin ery of the Stock Exchange of Melbour...

ANTS IN THE BILLY The Mrs Montague, who did her own three year old child to death in England, lately, has been sentenced to 12 months gaol. She was found guilty of manslaughter, and was recommended to mercy. If an unfortunate unmarried mother smothers the evidence of ? her shame she gets three years. But then you know she has no influential friends amongst the law dispensers.

OUR SISTERS' COLUMN Deaji HuanrER,- — I read Martha Guy's let ter in your.. last. As I have been a servant my self; I can understand Martha, for I haven't forgotten what if; is to feel lonely and miser able without knowing exactly why. There fore . I„ sympathise with .her, feelings if not with her ven.soninV. Ldon't think it a, 11 the' ''Missus'' fault, Martha ? Do you ever try ? ~ to understand her P But, there, . does any- ' one ' ever try to understand anyone else, ? Scarcely ! for they get no thanks for their pains. But suppose the missus didn't have quite so much style and talked nicely to you, and the children were perfect little - angels, and the chimney didn't smoke, and the dinner cooked itself, do you think you' could be happy and contented, and be sort of mates with the missus ?- I don't. It, may be that the missus is the victim of present conditions as much as. you , are. Maybe' even she has secret longings for sympathy. Perhaps in licr innermost heart she, too, has visi...

THE FEDERATION BALLOT An Explanation. In accordance with a resolution of last A.S.U* Conference, a ballot is now being* taken all * through Wagga branch on the question of whether or not, the whole of the Labor Unions throughout Australia shall fede rate. As there i&amp; some misunderstanding -among members as to 'the aims and objects of the ' proposed federation of labor, this is written m explanation. In the first place, members are asked not to confuse federation with amalgamation. The question as to whether the A.S.U; shall amalgamate with the G.L.U. is to be sub mitted to the members of both unions during next shearing season, but has nothing what- ? ever to do with the subject of federation now being voted on. ? In regard to federation, those who have not studied the scheme which was adopted at the Ballarat Congress by delegates repre senting all the principal labor unions - in Australasia, frequently make the mistake of thinking that if we all federated that any one union...

DEATHS FROM EXPOSURE Humming Hummer, — It is a long time since I saw the signature of ; one ' Shillinglaw'^ until a -day or two ago, when I stumbled across two, of his auto graphs, one in a window and the other in Bob the Chemists' swag. Now Bob the Chemist is no longer a chemist : he is on a* commission for delimiting two kingdoms. In fact he is a fencer. But the monaker of this Registrarin Pharmacy at ' ' Auld Reekie, ' ' put me in mind of the fact that Bob could an swer some very grave questions concerning some deaths that took place in July last. With the scientific and technical part your readers have little to do, but with the prac tical part of facing the music of harps with, a thousand strings or the devil's tatoo, we bushmen are concerned. 1. . There was no inquest on these three cadavers. 2.' A fourth very nearly threw an ace. 3. There were magisterial inquiries. I have this direct from the Department of Justice. 4. The verdicts were : ' Deaths from ex posure.' - . ; Now :...

NATURAL WAGES IN AFRICA' [By ' Old :Bbitt.'1 Amongst the uncivilized races poverty, as understood; in civilized society, doqs not exist. In the primitive condition of man ? his first aim Avas. liow to live with the least possible exertion. This he could do by the expenditure of a few hours' labor a day ; and, as a matter of fact, the native races of Africa at the present time are able to sustain life by working on an average of about -two hours per day. That they do not fare badly I can personally testify, having been several years amongst them, their diet- consisting of maize, which is cooked in a variety of Ways, pump kins, sweet potatoes, wild fruit, honey, Kaffir corn, eggs, milk, and a native decoction made of Kaffir corn fermented, which they drink. In addition to this they have an abun dance of game, and fish from the rivers. Many of the head men have herds of cattle, which constitute their wealth. These they rarely ;kill, except on occasions' of festivity, . such as are held...

HELP ONE ANOTHER To A.S.U. Men. J ohn 1ST ed well , who sli ore at Y athong last year, writes to say he is nearly blind owing to an accident by which he lost an eye, and has to undergo an operation in order to save the other eye. Send liim whatever help you can. His address - is Mooralini, via Mur chison, Yic. THE HUMMER. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1S92.

, OUR PLATFORM The '' Hummer' ' advocates : {1) Trades Unionism and the Federation of Labor throughout Australia now ; throughout the world in the near future. (2) Co-operation : Voluntary, municipal, and national. (3) Australia for Australian citizens, equality of the sexes, equal pay for equal work. (4) The complete j)olitical independence of the United Australian Commonwealth' on a basis of pure democratic [Republican ism. (5) The Referendum, the people their own Upper House. (6) Free land for a free people ; taxation of land values. - (7) In the event of an invasion, those who own the country to fight for it ; every body else to shift up country out of harm's way. (8) Those who believe in these reforms to assist in obtaining them by subscribing to the paper — 4s per annum. The ' ' Hummer' ' opposes : (1) Black and yellow labor. (2) Imported Governors. . (3) ' Freedom of contract' ' of the Employers' Union lop-sided variety. (4) Titles of rank, hereditary or otherwise. (6) Dear l...